Our thanks to the
following for their original input with the series: Meg Johnson at Vidiots and Hadrian
Belove at Cinefile Video in Santa Monica; Jeff Miller at Rocket Video in Hollywood; Jerry
Neeley at Jerrys Video in Los Feliz.

SOLD OUT SCREENINGS: There will be a
waiting line for Sold Out screenings. Tickets often become available at the door the night
of an event.

Sold out programs will be indicated
here if sold out 24 hours in advance of screening date.

All guests are subject to
availability. The Cinematheque will offer a refund due to guest cancellations only IF the
refund transaction is complete PRIOR to the start of the show.

Tickets available
30 days in advance. Tickets are $9 general admission unless noted otherwise.

The Film Programs of the American
Cinematheque are presented at the magnificently renovated, historic 1922 Grauman's
Hollywood Egyptian Theatre. Located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard.

Photo Credit: Randall Michelson. Detail of Egyptian
Theatre Ceiling.

<<< May 13 - 15, 2005
>>>

The Return of Movies Not
Available On Video!!

From this series, only CISCO PIKE also screens at
the Aero Theatre (May 13, 2005).

In our increasingly media-saturated, user-friendly age of Movies on
Instant Demand, its comforting to know that there are still some treasures out there
that cant be rented (yet) at the local video store or purchased on Amazon.com. Yes,
Virginia, to see these gems, you have to go to the movie theatre!!

As a follow-up to our first "Movies Not On Video" series
in March, 2004, weve tracked down another batch of lost classics, rarities, and
what-were-they-thinking? oddities, kicking off with legendary auteur Sam Fullers
unflinching WHITE DOG, about a canine whos been trained to attack black
people. The program includes a double-bill of two late 1930s comedy gems by the
great Jack Benny (BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN) and W.C. Fields (MAN ON THE FLYING
TRAPEZE), and a pair of excellent mid-1940s noirs by the criminally-overlooked
director John Brahm (THE LODGER and HANGOVER SQUARE). Plus an encore
screening of the runaway hit from last years "Musicals of the 70s &
80s Series," the 1973 musical version of LOST HORIZON, a movie which
must be seen to be believed (and even then youre not sure what youve seen
!!)

Friday, May 13  7:30 PM

Sam Fullers Most Notorious Film!!

WHITE DOG, 1982, Paramount, 84 min.
Dir. Sam Fuller. Is there a greater "lost" film than WHITE DOG? Virtually
unseen outside of a few retrospective screenings, WHITE DOG is the story of a
"four-legged time bomb," a powder-white German shepherd trained to attack black
people. In a fit of inspired casting, teen queen Kristy McNichol stars as the
dogs owner  but the film belongs to the late, great Paul Winfield as an
Ahab-like animal trainer obsessed with de-programming the dog. Music by Ennio Morricone.

An Egyptian Theatre Exclusive!

Friday, May 13  9:30 PM

Director John Brahm  Film Noir
Double Feature:

THE LODGER, 1944, 20th
Century Fox, 84 min. John Brahm (THE LOCKET) directed this phenomenally atmospheric
Victorian chiller. Laird Cregar is stupendous as the tormented lodger of Sir Cedric
Hardwicke'srooming house who may be Jack The Ripper. Merle Oberon is the
stage actress beauty who becomes Cregar's obsession. With George Sandersas the
Scotland Yard inspector searching for a solution to the horrific murders.

and HANGOVER SQUARE, 1945, 20th
Century Fox, 77 min. Dir. John Brahm. Perhaps the best 1940s thriller that no one
has ever seen. Laird Cregar is memorable as a Victorian-era composer beset with
blackouts. Is he also a marauding murderer? His passion for luscious singer Linda
Darnell inspires betrayal, revenge  and the climactic "Concerto
Macabre," one of composer Bernard Herrmanns most thrilling pieces of
music.

An Egyptian Theatre Exclusive!

Saturday, May 14  5:00 PM

Jack Benny + W.C. Fields Rarities --
Double Feature:

BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN,
1940, Paramount (Universal), 82 min. Dir. Mark Sandrich. Jack Benny adapts his
radio show to the big screen bringing along nearly the whole cast, including Eddie
"Rochester" Anderson, legendary scalawag bandleader Phil Harris, emcee Don
Wilson, crooner/straight man Dennis Day et. al. In this wry spoof of radio westerns, Benny
is coerced into heading out west from his comfy NYC digs after boasting about his rough 'n
tumble (and non-existent) Nevada ranch. Joan Blackman (Ellen Drew), a feisty singer who's
quarreled with Benny, ends up out there, too, and he has his work cut out for him as he
hilariously tries to impress her with his cowboy ways.

MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE,
1935, Paramount (Universal), 65 min. Dir. Clyde Bruckman. W.C. Fields made several
truly classic comedies, but Fields fans agree that this is the one that is equal to the
brilliance and laugh quotient of his better known masterpiece, THE BANK DICK. Henpecked
husband Ambrose Wolfinger (Fields) concocts a scheme to leave work early so he can go
catch the exploits of his favorite wrestler, Kulabosh Mishabob, but is sabotaged at every
turn by his oddball family, especially his domineering wife (Kathleen Howard) and moocher
brother-in-law (Grady Sutton). Sidesplitting from beginning to end.

An Egyptian Theatre Exclusive!

Saturday, May 14  8:15 PM

Double Feature  New Restored 35 mm.
Prints!!

MODEL SHOP, 1969, Columbia, 95 min.
Famed French New Wave director Jacques Demy (THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG) and his
LOLA star, the stunning Anouk Aimée, re-teamed for this dreamlike and very
psychedelic portrait of Los Angeles in the late 1960s. Aimée reprises her role as
"Lola," with Gary Lockwood (2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY) as a young Angeleno who
follows her tantalizing image across the city, until they finally meet at the enigmatic
Model Shop. With a superb original score by Spirit. Only briefly seen on its original
release, and impossible to find nowadays (its never been available on video), MODEL
SHOP has been gloriously restored in a sparkling new 35 mm. print by Sony Pictures 
dont miss it!!

CISCO PIKE, 1972, Columbia, 94 min.
Dir. Bill Norton. One of the greatest "lost" films of the 1970s:
has-been folk-rock star Kris Kristofferson tries to put his drug-dealing days
behind him so he can get back to his music roots  but corrupt cop Gene Hackman
blackmails him into selling a hundred stolen kilos of marijuana over one weekend. Both
fast-moving modern noir and a perceptive look at a songwriter with integrity trying to
survive on the pop mainstream fringe. With Harry Dean Stanton, Karen Black, Viva, and
views of a since-disappeared L.A. youll never see again.

>> MODEL SHOP an Egyptian Theatre Exclusive!

>> CISCO PIKE also playing at the Aero

Sunday, May 15  5:00 PM

Back By Popular Demand!

LOST HORIZON, 1973, Columbia, 138
min. Dir. Charles Jarrott. If you missed our screening last August of this wonderfully
insane oddity (people were screaming in their seats), then run, swim or fly to see one of
the most indescribably strange movies ever conceived. Sally Kellermans musical
numbers  including a love duet with George Kennedy (!!)  are worth the price
of admission alone. And then there are the jawdropping production numbers with James
Shigeta and Bobby Van This ill-fated musical adaptation of the James Hilton novel
about a group of travelers who find answers to lifes greatest questions in the
mystical Himalayan city of Shangri-La may have bombed at the box office, but just look at
the talent involved: a cast including Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Charles
Boyer and John Gielgud; music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal
David; script by Larry Kramer (of "The Normal Heart" and ACT UP
fame); choreography by the legendary Hermes Pan;and costumes by Jean
Louis (who dressed Rita Hayworth in GILDA) - !! Whether youre amazed or aghast,
we promise youll be entertained  and its NOT ON VIDEO, so this is your
only chance to see it!